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podium in fourth. Baylor, how-
ever, moves into second place in
the championship point's stand-
ings, helped by the absence of
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Josh Strang. Strang separated
his shoulder while practicing just
before the previous round and
hopes to be back on the track
again soon.
After winning two weeks ago
in New York, JCR Honda's Chris
Bach started out just inside the
top five, before battling with Bay-
lor and ultimately finishing fifth.
Baylor's teammate N-Fab/AmPro
Yamaha's Jordan Ashburn, who
had a rough ride two weeks ago,
held down the sixth place posi-
tion in XC1 and seventh overall.
After mechanical issues at
the last round and resulting
DNF, Moto Tech KTM's Stew-
ard Baylor put in an impressive
ride to finish seventh in XC1 and
ninth overall. Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna's Andrew DeLong
had a great jump off the start-
ing line, heading into the woods
around third. DeLong would
run third the first two laps,
before pulling into the pits to
have adjustments made from
what looked like was caused
by a crash. DeLong would lose
valuable time and positions and
would finish the day 15th overall,
but eighth in the XC1 class.
Funmart Cycle/FLY/RidePG.
com's Adam Bonneur would run
inside the top ten all afternoon,
swapping positions with Maxxis/
FLY/Factory Connection's Chris
Douglas. Bonneur would finish
the Mountaineer Run GNCC
ninth in XC1, while Honda's
Takeshi Koikeda rounded out the
top ten in XC1.
In the XC2 Pro Lites class,
Husqvarna rider Craig DeLong
earned the $100 Hot Cams XC2
Holeshot Award and ran inside
the top three on the first lap.
DirtWise/Maxxis/KLIM's Jason
Thomas soon moved into the
lead, until a pit-stop was neces-
sary on lap five to change his
back tire.
Rocky Mountain ATV-MC/
KR4/FAR's Nick Davis started the
day in second behind Thomas.
Davis pressured Thomas for five
laps, then moved into the lead
and never looked back, earning
his second win of the season.
Raines Riding University/Atlas
Yamaha/OffRoadViking.com's
Ricky Russell took second place
in eighth overall. Ride On Cycle/
Moto Playground's Tegan Tem-
ple followed up his first podium
finish in New York with another
podium finish in West Virginia,
as he rounded out the podium in
third. CN
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
KEN
HILL
(Left) Kailub Russell (1) battled Ryan
Sipes for the lead before pulling
away and taking the win at the
Mountaineer Run GNCC in West
Virginia. (Below) Sipes fought for the
win before settling into second place.
